
Inside
Highlights
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‘Hockney’s Art Was as Much an Intellectual Exercise as It Was an Expression of the Joy He Took From Being Alive’
Henry Porter remembers the colourful life and work of the celebrated British artist David Hockney, who died this month
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‘The Real Radicalism the Moment Requires is at the Level of How the World Is Seen’
Nafeez Ahmed responds to Tony Blair’s recent intervention on the future direction that the Labour Party should take
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Navigating Antisemitism in the Shadow of Israel’s Wars
Amid anger over Gaza, antisemitism is rising – and Islamophobia is too often overlooked, writes Rachel Shabi
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Half Man: ‘We’re Beginning to Get a Better, Much More Nuanced Understanding… Vulnerability is a Part of Masculinity Now’
Hardeep Matharu speaks to Duncan Craig, founder of We Are Survivors – a charity supporting survivors of male sexual abuse – about why the ‘toxic masculinity’ narrative has been problematic, and the eye-opening exploration of complex male relationships in Richard Gadd’s new six-part series Half Man
Martin Rowson’s cartoon
Investigations, Analysis, Reports and Columns
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Letters – July 2026
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Anthem of the North
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Peter Oborne’s Diary – Dignified Silence
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On the Ground – Tackling Crypto-Politics
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Bad Press Awards – The Platinum-Plated Projector for Performative White Rage
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That’s True Too – Leave to Remain
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Burnham is a Giant Step Backwards to a Better Sort of British Politics
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After Makerfield, the Answer Cannot be Managerial Politics with a Different Accent
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Makerfield: Can the ‘Politics of Place’ Offer an Antidote to the Poverty of Possibility?
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A Town that has Stood Still as the World has Moved On
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Turning the Tide on the Rage Wave? Nigel Farage’s Explicit Politics of Race and Violence Could Cost Him
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‘The Odyssey’ Backlash: A Journey Between Strangeness and Familiarity
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A Letter from America – The Machine that Eats Elections
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Northern Ireland’s Enduring Problem With Sectarian Violence
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Brexit: Ten Long Years of Bitterness
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How to Stop Billionaires Buying British Politics
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On the Record – Not Music to My Ears
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St George and the Saltire: Flagging Up the Differences
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Be part of The Fête of Britain
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Notes on Now – Platner’s Past
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Mandrake – Johnson’s Office Job
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Mandelson and the New Statesman: How the ‘Soft PR’ Sausage Gets Made
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‘Anonymous Quotes’ and Political Journalists: How Spin Doctors Deceive the Public
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The Tyranny of Literacy: How Writing Only Scratches the Surface
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Zeitgeisters – Margaret Heffernan
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Puzzle Solutions – Edition 87
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The Upside Down – Eye of Newt



